Pasadena, Calif.

Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times

Texas quarterback Colt McCoy takes in the sun Wednesday at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., where the Longhorns will play the Alabama Crimson Tide in college football's Bowl Championship Series title game on Thursday.

Texas quarterback Colt McCoy takes in the sun Wednesday at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., where the Longhorns will play the Alabama Crimson Tide in college football's Bowl Championship Series title game on Thursday. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Texas quarterback Colt McCoy takes in the sun Wednesday at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., where the Longhorns will play the Alabama Crimson Tide in college football's Bowl Championship Series title game on Thursday.